The last lap in Long Beach, it’s hot…
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Endurance racing and marathon running
Endurance racing is to motor sport what marathon running is to athletics. And strangely enough, a fair number of endurance stars trade their racing boots for running shoes from time to time… Take Oliver Gavin, for example. The factory Corvette Racing driver took part in the last London Marathon with several other well known British [...]
The match between Peugeot and Audi goes to extra time
Following Peugeot’s recent announcement that it will contest the 2010 Intercontinental Le Mans Cup, the French carmaker will now compete head-to-head with its rival Audi at Silverstone, in the Petit Le Mans and in Asia. Peugeot Sport Director Olivier Quesnel: “The programme we announced at the beginning of 2010 included two of the Intercontinental Le [...]
No Pescarolos at Le Mans?
There is every chance there won’t be any Pescarolo prototypes at Le Mans this year, as indicated by a communiqué published on Tuesday by Genii Capital. Pescarolo Sport was taken over in January 2009 by Jean Py, president of the Sora Group, who succeeded from Henri Pescarolo at the team’s helm at the end of [...]
The ladies take a blow!
The 2010 campaign of the only all-lady crew entered for Le Mans suffered something of a blow when Natacha Gachnang crashed out in a GT1 World Championship race. She is doing all she can to be fit enough in time to contest June’s 24-hour race. On April 17, at Yas Marina, in Abu Dhabi, Natacha’s [...]
More testing news
Following last weekend’s 8 Heures du Castellet, the teams have resumed their respective test programmes ahead of June’s Le Mans 24 Hours. Peugeot was in action at Paul Ricard HTTT this week, while Aston Martin will travel to Spain at the beginning of next month… Peugeot Sport stayed on at Le Castellet for a 30-hour [...]
Long Beach: a 100-minute sprint
The second round of the 2010 American Le Mans Series will be a 100-minute sprint through the streets of Long Beach (California), making it the shortest race of this year’s calendar. Following Peugeot’s success at Sebring, the American teams will be back at the helm of their home series this weekend when the ALMS visit’s [...]
Follow Le Mans 24 Hours (moto) on live on MotoRacinglive.com
The Le Mans 24 Hours bike race takes place this weekend at Le Mans’ Bugatti circuit. You can follow the opening round of the 2010 Endurance World Championship at MotoRacinglive.com, motorcycle racing’s equivalent to Lemanslive. http://www.motoracinglive.com Share
VLN and the Nürburgring 24 Hours
The Nürburgring hosted the second round of Germany’s VLN at the weekend. In a month’s time, competitors will be returning to the same circuit for the Nürburgring 24 Hours (May 15-16) which has attracted an exceptional entry with no fewer than eight Porsches and seven Audis. Last Sunday’s race saw Manthey Racing’s Porsche/Michelin claim its [...]
